The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1887-09-26
PERSONAL.

Elm Stevens win celebrate his one hun
dredth birthday on Sept. 9th, at the house
of his son, ID. M. Stevens, in Smithfeld.l
Miss Lucy V. C. Googins, the popular elo-
cutionist, was married Saturday forenoon to
Mr.. Eugene c. CARL of Buxton.
DR.. Benz. P. 0rdway, formerly of this city,
but lately removed to Sullivan, Me-, is in the
city for TIVE weeks visit
Edward Porter, engineer of Machigonne,
No. /, is at his old home in Manchester, N.
H., spending his vacation.
The many friends of Mr.. w. d. Mariner
will be glad to know that he is entirely re.
stored to health.
DIR. j. X. Kenney and wife of Minneapo-
lis, have been visiting at Mr. J. Eastman's.
DIR. Kenney was for some time government
chemist at the Sandwich Islands.
DR.. John A Sweat, who is connected with
the hospital service of the Canadian Pacific
railroad, is at the Falmouth Hotel. He
leaves today for Montreal.
Robert Dobson, proprietor of the wooden
mills at Pittsfeld, and Frank Whitehead,
who is connected with the wooden mills at
Dover, N. H., are at the Preble House.
Judge Carpenter, of the U. S. District
Court of Rhode Island, will preside in the
District Court tomorrow in this city, in cases
in which Judge Webb has acted as counsel
Mr. 5. w. Simpson, who has been in the
employ of E. C. Allen in Augusta for some
time past, comes to Portland to take charge
of the correspondence at Mr.. Aliens pub
fishing house in this city,
Mr.. Arthur ID. Little, son of Capt. T. j.
Little of this city, and now of the firm of
Griffith q Little, chemists, in Boston. has
been appointed State Assayer of Massachu-
sets by Gov. Ames
Mr.. Charles l.. Bosse. of Montreal, general
manager of the Union Mutual Life Insur-
ance Company for Montreal, and Mr.. Ben
Williams of Chicago, general manager of the
eastern depot, were in the city Saturday.
Mr. w. |. Doty, formerly steward at the
Falmouth Hotel, but later holding respon-
sble position at GrovetoD, N. H., leaves for
Denver, Col, tomorrow, accompanied by his
wife, in hopes that the change of climate
will be Of benefit to the health of Mrs. Doty.
Capt. james Keazar, of the ship j. B.
Brown, arrived home by the Cephalonia
from Europe Saturday. Capt. Keazar has
acquired competency, and retires from the
sea. He will take up his residence in San
Diego, CAL, where he will devote himself to
raising grapes and peaches.
Mr. James Robinson, mate of the steamer
John Brooks, returns thanks to the truck
men of Portland, Mr. John Clapp of the
Maine Steamship Company, and the Port
land Steam Packet Company for the beauti-
full gold watch presented to him on Wednes-
day last.
Mr.. Samuel d. Bickford, wealthy farmer
and highly respected citizen of Dixmont
last Arbor Day commenced to plant trees
about his buildings and by the roadside, and
continued the good work till he had planted
one for each year of his life, numbering sew
enty-four.
j. r. Wellington, class of Colby, SO, of AL
bion, has received an appointment as clerk
in the War Department at Washington. He
took the examination in Portland last May,
and is the only one that passed it successful
ly. Mr.. Wellington belongs to a prominent
Democratic family in Kennebec county